Definitions for guitar
gɪˈtɑrgui·tar

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guitarnoun

   A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

   Etymology: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.

2. guitarverb

   To play the guitar.

   Etymology: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers

   Etymology: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]

Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitar

   The guitar is a string instrument of the chordophone family constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel strings. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela, four-course renaissance guitar and five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar, the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique. Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was eventually found more suitable, as it was less prone to feedback. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, folk, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, punk, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guitar

   gi-tär′, n. a six-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like the lute, well adapted for accompanying the voice. [Fr. guitare—L. cithara—Gr. kithara, a lyre or lute. See Cithern.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guitar

   An instrument to create sound and play music.

   Guitars are created in many forms, shapes, sizes, styles and sounds.

   Submitted by MaryC on June 29, 2015  

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1. • Stringed Instrument

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'guitar' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3525

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guitar' in Nouns Frequency: #1267

How to pronounce guitar?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guitar in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guitar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of guitar in a Sentence

1. Wallace Stevens:

   They said, You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. The man replied, Things as they are changed upon a blue guitar.

2. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures:

   Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

3. Robert Burck:

   I'm putting 500 or 600 bucks in my guitar a day. The girls not being here, we clean up.

4. Geoff Emerick:

   It's pretty true – the songs are being performed with ... with the things we would have overdubbed onto the records, we have got like double track vocals, we've got all sorts of guitar effects and so forth.

5. Russell Henley:

   They were nice enough to let me play two songs with them that we had planned out Saturday after the round at Riviera and it was a blast, then they actually called me up during the encore for the last song and told me the chords when I was on stage and turned my guitar back on, so that was really fun, getting a little bit of a bonus song there. So it is something I'll always remember.

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